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My primary residence has, thankfully, Comcast high speed Internet. My secondary abode is wired only for AT&T Uverse. Consequently, I was forced to get that. Putting aside the outrageous costs for the installation and their 2Wire router (Comcast never charged me an installation fee in all the years I had them, even when I changed addresses), I have a question or two to ask those who are familiar with UVerse.

Must I use the 2Wire router or can I use my own, better router?

If I must use their router, can I use a second router elsewhere in my apartment to, say expand or enhance Internet availability in my abode?

What is the best way to enter my 2Wire's settings to make adjustments for my Ooma home VoIP service? I had no problems doing that on my previous Netgear router, but the 2Wire's settings are very vague and confusing, to say the least.

Does UVerse have a download limit per month for such usage? I think Comcast had something like 250GB, but I'd never come anywhere near that--not even 1/4 of that. However, I've recently downloaded a couple seasons' worth of HBO series and this got me to thinking to ask this question.

Kind of a FWIW question here--is there any setting that's recommended I adjust to maximize my Whole Home DVR service that I currently have? Note: It's all running fine, so I'm just wondering, that's all.

FAITH: I find the lack of it disturbing.

Opinions are my own but should be those of all Americans, who would be much better off intellectually, psychologically, and emotionally if that were the case.

My primary residence has, thankfully, Comcast high speed Internet. My secondary abode is wired only for AT&T Uverse. Consequently, I was forced to get that. Putting aside the outrageous costs for the installation and their 2Wire router (Comcast never charged me an installation fee in all the years I had them, even when I changed addresses), I have a question or two to ask those who are familiar with UVerse.

Must I use the 2Wire router or can I use my own, better router?

If I must use their router, can I use a second router elsewhere in my apartment to, say expand or enhance Internet availability in my abode?

What is the best way to enter my 2Wire's settings to make adjustments for my Ooma home VoIP service? I had no problems doing that on my previous Netgear router, but the 2Wire's settings are very vague and confusing, to say the least.

Does UVerse have a download limit per month for such usage? I think Comcast had something like 250GB, but I'd never come anywhere near that--not even 1/4 of that. However, I've recently downloaded a couple seasons' worth of HBO series and this got me to thinking to ask this question.

Kind of a FWIW question here--is there any setting that's recommended I adjust to maximize my Whole Home DVR service that I currently have? Note: It's all running fine, so I'm just wondering, that's all.

Having clients who are stuck with Uverse, I think I can provide some help here:1-You can connect, basically piggyback, a different router off the 2wire router. You would just plug one end of an ethernet cable into your routers "WAN"/"Internet"/"Broadband" port an the other end into one of the 4/5 LAN ports on the 2Wire router. 2-Haven't tried this, but, if you're successful with #1 then it's kind of a moot point.3-Can't answer that. However, if you connect the Ooma into the Netgear router (which connects to the 2wire as explained in #1), you should be already familiar with in cofiguring it as you have done that before.4-Not sure. It was rumored that was going to happen with all AT&T Uverse/DSL. 5-Not sure about this one.

I'm tempted to dump Cox for Uverse internet since their monthly cost are a lot less. I don't really need the superfast speeds anymore, just fast enough for streaming netflix & amazon prime. Anyone know what the minimum speed you need for these? Anyone hooked it up as part of a DirecTV bundle? I just need DirecTV & Internet as I also have Ooma

I have Uverse for internet only and I just turned the stupid 2-Wire (wirelessG) router into a internet gateway only. Sorry I forgot how I did that offhand as I'm not home to look. Just google how to do that as that is what I did. Then I ran a line from the Network side to my WAN on my Airport Extreme (any router will work). Then everything is handled through the Airport, no double NAT'ing or anything like that is needed! Worked like a champ now I have Gig Ethernet and Dual Channel N Wi-Fi.

Also I use 2 Airport Express's to extend the range of my wireless network. (I chose Apple's product's as it was the simplest way to handle it and I have all Apple products in my household)

My primary residence has, thankfully, Comcast high speed Internet. My secondary abode is wired only for AT&T Uverse. Consequently, I was forced to get that. Putting aside the outrageous costs for the installation and their 2Wire router (Comcast never charged me an installation fee in all the years I had them, even when I changed addresses), I have a question or two to ask those who are familiar with UVerse.

Must I use the 2Wire router or can I use my own, better router?

If I must use their router, can I use a second router elsewhere in my apartment to, say expand or enhance Internet availability in my abode?

What is the best way to enter my 2Wire's settings to make adjustments for my Ooma home VoIP service? I had no problems doing that on my previous Netgear router, but the 2Wire's settings are very vague and confusing, to say the least.

Does UVerse have a download limit per month for such usage? I think Comcast had something like 250GB, but I'd never come anywhere near that--not even 1/4 of that. However, I've recently downloaded a couple seasons' worth of HBO series and this got me to thinking to ask this question.

Kind of a FWIW question here--is there any setting that's recommended I adjust to maximize my Whole Home DVR service that I currently have? Note: It's all running fine, so I'm just wondering, that's all.

1 & 2: Why don't you want to use the 2 Wire router if other services work? I wouldn't piggy back routers unless their 2 wire can be configured as a throughput only otherwise you'll have routing issues all over the place.

3: What Ooma settings are you needing? A quick google search pulled up tons of articles about it.

4: It's in your terms and conditions. As ATT is national they can change that policy per region. However I believe it's around 250. I know that it's never been brought up on calls regarding bundle sales issues.

5: WHDVR runs in it's own environment if using DECA so there's nothing your router would need to change unless you have issues with internet related items.

I have Uverse for internet only and I just turned the stupid 2-Wire (wirelessG) router into a internet gateway only. Sorry I forgot how I did that offhand as I'm not home to look. Just google how to do that as that is what I did. Then I ran a line from the Network side to my WAN on my Airport Extreme (any router will work). Then everything is handled through the Airport, no double NAT'ing or anything like that is needed! Worked like a champ now I have Gig Ethernet and Dual Channel N Wi-Fi.

Also I use 2 Airport Express's to extend the range of my wireless network. (I chose Apple's product's as it was the simplest way to handle it and I have all Apple products in my household)

Hope that helps.

So the 2Wire router is wireless G only, huh? I wonder if that explains why my connection with certain devices in this apt. is nowhere near as good as it was in my other place where I had Comcast and my own Netgear wireless G & N router.

5: WHDVR runs in it's own environment if using DECA so there's nothing your router would need to change unless you have issues with internet related items.

I don't have DECA. I chose to NOT get DECA. Instead, I wired the receivers in the 3 different rooms via ethernet cable. It saved me almost $200, so to me, it was the wise choice to make.

FAITH: I find the lack of it disturbing.

Opinions are my own but should be those of all Americans, who would be much better off intellectually, psychologically, and emotionally if that were the case.

To kc1ih's statement you can do that, just make sure you turn off the wireless radio in the Uverse Gateway. It all comes down to what speed you want your backbone ethernet to be. Remember if you are pulling down a 240-270mbit wireless signal on the Access point with 802.11n but your backbone is a 100mbit wired line your not going move any packets faster then 80-100mbit.

If your yellow you don't have much of a "backbone". Sorry I could not help it.

It depends on your router/equipment. If your only running a wireless network it would be the speed of your wifi. G=54mbit max you really never reach that. As with consumer grade equipment you saturate the bandwidth very quickly with just a couple pieces of equipment.

If you have an access point then the backbone is the wired connection the runs from the router/switch to the access point. If that is only 10/100mbit that is the speed of your network.

If your running all wired then it would be the speed of your main router/switch.

When you start using layers and smart switches then there are many more factors involved in the mix.

Most of my stuff is wired. There is only 1 or 2 items that are wireless. Those, IIRC, are my cell phone when I'm home and my Bluetooth-to-cell home cordless phone system. That allows me to answer my cell phone calls on my home phone system. I also have an Ooma Telo that is connected via Bluetooth wireless. Other than that, I think everything else is wired.

FAITH: I find the lack of it disturbing.

Opinions are my own but should be those of all Americans, who would be much better off intellectually, psychologically, and emotionally if that were the case.

Are there restrictions on where the 2 wire router can be placed? Anywhere with a phone jack or?

Yes it needs to plug into a phone line to receive the signal...but there really is no issue with having a longer line on there. I would not go much more the 25 feet as the signal may start to degrade slightly.

Actually, it doesn't plug into a phone line; rather, it's connected to the ethernet jack. That's the way my UVerse connection was set up. Moreover, the installation resulted in one additional jack, the location of which was my choice among the other jacks in the apt. I chose the one behind the TV. From there my connection goes to a D-Link 8-port gigaswitch, and from there to my receivers and other peripherals that need Internet access.

FAITH: I find the lack of it disturbing.

Opinions are my own but should be those of all Americans, who would be much better off intellectually, psychologically, and emotionally if that were the case.

Hmm interesting. Our house was built in the 70's with an 2nd story edition added sometime after that. There's not an easy cabling route into the house from the garage (AT&T entry point). I wonder how much work AT&Ts install would include for just internet.